![]() Made it clear that you wouldn’t be going back. Only tearing up your passport in an airport toilets It’s not something you ever thought of doingĪnd even then you carried the anthem under ![]() No one leaves home unless home chases you ![]() Who kissed you dizzy behind the old tin factory When you see the whole city running as well Read this poem, and weep if you must, but then recognize the tragic humanity in it, and act. ![]() It’s not a question of if it could happen, it’s that it has happened, to hundreds of thousands of people. Warsan Shire is a Somalia born British poet, due to being the daughter of refugees she reflects her poetry on trauma and the consequences if discrimination and. I challenge you to read this poem and put yourself in place of the unnamed refugees depicted. This poem, Home, has been used extensively when addressing the issue of refugees portions of this work have been called “a rallying call for refugees and their advocates.” (You may recognize her name from Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade, where her work figured prominently.) The family immigrated to London when Warsan was a young child she currently spends most of her time in Los Angeles. This week, I give to you a powerful and heart breaking poem by Warsan Shire, a poet and activist who was born in Kenya to Somali parents. April is National Poetry Month, and in honor of that I am stepping a bit out of my comfort zone and posting poems that have spoken to me personally.
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